The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1903
Waning Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
2:00 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.97° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.88° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.