The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
3:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.05° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.83° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.