The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
2:53 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2597
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 | 125.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.89° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.33° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| 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.