The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1952
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 370
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 | 317.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.82° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.92° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.