The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
1:41 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.86° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.31° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.