The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
1:20 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 106.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.71° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.