The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2065
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
11:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1768
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.05° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.53° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.