The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1973
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
1:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 294.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.66° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.75° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.