The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
2:43 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 124.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.43° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.76° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.