The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2072
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
9:13 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.27° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.29° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.