The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2010
First Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
12:07 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.95° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.95° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.