The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2057
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
9:57 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.10° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.42° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.