The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1946
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
12:15 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 248.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.34° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.79° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.