The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2176
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
10:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3141
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.59° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.02° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.