The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2188
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
5:36 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3290
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.11° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.80° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.