The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2145
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
10:36 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.56° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.