The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2101
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:00 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2213
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 | 332.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.25° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.62° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.