The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2089
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
8:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 335.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.90° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.