The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1997
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:57 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 235.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.90° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.88° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.