The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2104
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
6:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2251
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.80° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.21° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.