The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2055
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
2:13 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1644
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.13° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.94° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.