The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1995
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
2:31 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 225.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.29° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.49° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.