The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1942
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 76.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.56° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.13° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.