The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:46 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3141
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 21.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.94° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.61° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.