The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2190
Waning Gibbous
62.5% 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
11:37 PM
12:19 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3314
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 | 255.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.65° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.30° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.