The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1905
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
8:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.81° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.38° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.