The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2008
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
8:59 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 194.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.58° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.60° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.