The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2088
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
10:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.50° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.70° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.