The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
1:15 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.73° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.37° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.