The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1915
First Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
12:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.30° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.79° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.