The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2101
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2213
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.82° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.73° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.