The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:35 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.98° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.53° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.