The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2060
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
2:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1706
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.93° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.24° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.