The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:49 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.53° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.07° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.