The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
1:23 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 106.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.88° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.23° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.