The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
3:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.76° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.85° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.