The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1966
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
6:25 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 19.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.86° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.58° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.