The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2074
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
5:49 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.85° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.31° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.