The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2161
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
7:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.52° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.94° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.