The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2001
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
8:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.38° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.20° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.