The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
2:44 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.56° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.51° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.