The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 2182
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
10:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3215
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 | 221.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.27° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.