The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2155
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
11:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.32° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.96° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.