The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
1:24 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1694
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.50° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.09° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.