The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1901
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
7:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 141.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.81° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.17° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.