The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
4:05 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 139.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.08° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.61° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.