The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2198
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
10:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3413
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 | 236.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.61° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.69° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.