The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1922
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
1:57 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -1
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.35° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.