The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
12:28 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 96.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.93° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.23° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.