The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
1:30 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2164
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.34° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.49° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| 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.