The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2158
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
12:47 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2918
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.88° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.98° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.