The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2035
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
10:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.21° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.33° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.