The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2031
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
4:46 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1347
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 | 350.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.28° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.95° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| 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.