The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1974
Waxing Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
10:08 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.49° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.34° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.