The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1984
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
12:05 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.77° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.42° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.