The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2020
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.37° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.38° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.