The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2161
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:35 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2955
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.18° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.11° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.