The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 2194
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
5:49 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.39° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.66° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.