The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
7:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.03° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.