The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
4:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 138.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.64° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.94° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.