The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2013
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
9:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.04° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.99° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.