The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1992
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
1:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 294.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.78° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.55° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.