The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2043
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
10:20 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.06° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.74° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.