The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2079
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
12:12 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 250.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.08° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.06° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.