The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1938
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.63° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.41° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.