The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2123
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
2:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2485
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.30° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.47° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.