The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2136
Waning Crescent
27.8% 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
2:16 AM
1:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2646
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.66° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.11° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.