The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2032
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
8:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1360
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 | 201.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.26° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.51° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.