The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1906
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 207.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.24° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.00° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.