The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2044
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
4:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.13° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.