The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2145
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
5:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2757
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.17° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.43° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.