The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1909
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
5:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 162.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.33° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.84° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.