The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2105
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 79.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.75° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.27° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.