The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2007
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
8:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 44.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.29° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.05° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.