The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2025
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
3:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 345.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 189.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.07° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.