The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2082
Waning Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
12:47 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1978
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 | 279.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.30° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.10° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.