The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1989
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
11:50 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 255.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.36° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.48° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| 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.