The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1920
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
8:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.21° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.36° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.