The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1521
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 | 114.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.19° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.63° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.