The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
5:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 9.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 164.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.87° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.37° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.