The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1966
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
11:41 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.37° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.68° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.