The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2069
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
5:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1817
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.98° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.43° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.