The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2196
Waning Crescent
38.8% 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
1:05 AM
12:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3388
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.58° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.59° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.