The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1960
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
2:03 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 296.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.70° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.28° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.