The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2006
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
3:17 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 197.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.14° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.95° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.