The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2019
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
9:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 198.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 333.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.95° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.86° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.