The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2109
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
11:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2312
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 10.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.96° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.12° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.