The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
2:51 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1595
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.10° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.49° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.