The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2093
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
5:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2115
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 166.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.84° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.52° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.