The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2052
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
1:00 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1607
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.17° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.