The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:03 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 10.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.15° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.52° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.