The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1916
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:37 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.23° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.73° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.