The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:05 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.06° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.08° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.