The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
5:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 16.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.23° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.57° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.