The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
1:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.43° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.06° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.