The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2022
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
1:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 297.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.17° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.64° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.