The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
6:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 163.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.74° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.34° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.