The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
1:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 107.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.64° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.29° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.