The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 86
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 | 142.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.38° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.35° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.