The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2054
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.66° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.12° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.