The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1987
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
12:51 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.59° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.27° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.