The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2005
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
10:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 214.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.36° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.30° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.