The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2003
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
11:36 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1001
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 | 233.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.16° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.06° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.