The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2130
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:51 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.12° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.01° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.