The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2098
Waning Gibbous
68.2% 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
11:01 PM
12:05 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2176
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 | 248.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.96° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.87° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.