The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2170
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
11:09 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3067
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.11° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.65° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.