The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1913
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
9:31 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.65° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.25° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.