The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
12:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2090
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 | 100.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / -0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.81° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.