The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
2:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 124.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.40° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.75° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| 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.