The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1953
First Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.68° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.20° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.