The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
6:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.48° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.67° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.