The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2070
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
8:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 335.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.00° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.