The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2003
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
1:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1001
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 | 295.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.48° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.85° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.