The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
1:35 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 108.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.17° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.94° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| 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.