The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1985
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.48° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.89° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.