The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2057
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 264.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.41° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.15° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.