The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2111
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
10:19 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2337
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 | 218.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.47° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.21° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.