The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2038
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 261.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.18° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.37° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.