The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 2018
Waning Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
1:52 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.57° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.98° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.