The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2095
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.84° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.60° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.