The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
1:57 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 112.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.53° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.56° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.