The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1958
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
8:41 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 39.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.78° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.92° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.