The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.36° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.