The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
1:46 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2461
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.05° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.76° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.