The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
1:02 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 106.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / -1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.48° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.57° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.