The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2008
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 261.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.32° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.28° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.