The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2004
First Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.30° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.11° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.