The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2141
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:22 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2708
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 | 250.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.41° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.42° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| 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.