The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2107
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
4:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2287
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 | 350.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.72° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.82° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.