The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2114
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.69° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.23° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.