The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1941
Waning Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:54 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 294.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.75° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.48° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.