The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
5:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2201
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.86° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.67° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.