The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2014
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:48 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 317.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.97° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.30° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.