The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2153
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
8:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2857
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.38° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.28° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.