The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2001
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
4:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 345.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.58° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.86° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.