The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
5:50 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 156.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.37° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.36° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.