The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1984
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.46° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.23° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.