The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1982
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:03 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.35° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.02° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.