The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2141
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
7:44 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2708
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:20 AM, is deepest at 9:05 AM and ends at 10:49 AM. Totality lasts from 8:18 AM to 9:51 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.49° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.