The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2117
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
1:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2411
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.73° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.31° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.