The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1927
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
12:02 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.47° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.00° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.