The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
5:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.42° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.56° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.