The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 2151
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
10:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2832
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.38° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.46° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.