The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
11:33 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 71.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.09° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.27° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.74° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.