The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.76° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.45° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.