The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2177
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
12:53 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3153
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 | 285.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.19° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.78° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.