The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
9:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 216.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.40° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.46° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.