The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
12:58 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.37° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.11° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.