The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2106
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 284.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.42° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.86° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.