The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2106
Waning Gibbous
89.0% 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
8:40 PM
9:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 218.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.90° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.13° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.