The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
6:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.95° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.