The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1931
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
9:32 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 53.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.47° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.