The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2018
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
8:36 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.14° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.82° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.