The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2068
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
10:54 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 237.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.47° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.81° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.