The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2046
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.23° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.73° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.