The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2098
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
2:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2176
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 | 312.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.10° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.69° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.