The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2033
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
12:37 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1372
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.70° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.24° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.