The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2036
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1409
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 | 312.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.66° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.31° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.