The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2011
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 278.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.23° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.20° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.