The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:26 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 106.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.21° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.37° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.