The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1934
First Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
12:09 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 148
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.32° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.01° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.