The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2015
First Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.40° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.