The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1969
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 59.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.08° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.47° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.