The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2018
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
11:02 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 70.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.14° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.60° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.