The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2077
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
8:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 133.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.57° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.16° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.