The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2047
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1545
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 | 314.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.75° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.60° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| 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.