The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2133
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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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 | 267.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.23° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.04° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| 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.