The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2016
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:23 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 242.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.53° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.67° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.