The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
1:12 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2399
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 | 106.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.88° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.83° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.