The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1995
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:42 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 252.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.84° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.66° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.