The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2079
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
2:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 309.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.85° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.88° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.