The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2179
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
10:39 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 234.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 296.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.70° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.90° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.