The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2168
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
11:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3042
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 300.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.19° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.61° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.