The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
3:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 420
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 | 127.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.76° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.16° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.