The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1911
Waning Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
1:24 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 281.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.40° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.24° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.