The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2147
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
2:35 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.95° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.38° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.