The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1986
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
10:00 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.69° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.53° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.