The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
12:58 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 102.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.89° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.45° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.