The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:52 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.90° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.68° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.