The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2076
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
1:03 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.64° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.94° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.