The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:30 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3166
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.09° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.48° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.