The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
2:24 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 120.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.34° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.53° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.