The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3302
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.89° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.08° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.