The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2009
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
2:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 327.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 208.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.71° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.17° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.