The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2030
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
10:07 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1335
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 | 220.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.56° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.23° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.