The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2140
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
9:13 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.07° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.76° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.