The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1286
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 | 107.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.40° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.42° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.