The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
5:19 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1966
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 | 150.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.46° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.31° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.