The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2015
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
7:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 27.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.83° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.