The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2034
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1385
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.45° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.