The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% 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
12:44 PM
12:56 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.16° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.