The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2050
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
5:00 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1582
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.59° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.76° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.