The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2020
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
4:22 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 346.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 188.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.86° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.67° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.