The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1975
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
7:36 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 350.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.34° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 163.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.