The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
2:20 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3401
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 | 115.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.04° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.68° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.