The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
3:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3067
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 | 127.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.86° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.86° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.