The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:53 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2362
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 | 126.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.91° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.13° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.