The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:53 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 240.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.17° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.84° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.