The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1949
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.56° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.85° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.