The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2174
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3116
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.91° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.74° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.