The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2087
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
1:14 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2040
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.00° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.22° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.