The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2014
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 261.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.65° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.45° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.