The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
4:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.05° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.24° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.