The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1939
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 33.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.94° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.72° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.