The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1962
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:44 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 209.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.96° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.59° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.