The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
2:50 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 125.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.20° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.68° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.