The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2188
Waning Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
2:10 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3289
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.15° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.26° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.