The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
8:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 194.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.30° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.72° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.