The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2146
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
7:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 186.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 344.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.17° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.