The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2092
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
11:03 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2102
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 | 232.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.93° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.72° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.