The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2061
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
6:20 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 154.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -27.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.41° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.76° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.