The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2041
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
2:00 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1471
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 233.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.57° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.44° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.