The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2004
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
6:46 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 23.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.42° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.99° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.