The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2160
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
11:18 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2943
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 | 249.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.46° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.23° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.