The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
1:14 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 104.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 72.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.53° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.28° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.