The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2068
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
1:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 292.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.51° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.60° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.