The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2158
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
3:22 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2918
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 197.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.08° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.87° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.