The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1970
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
8:46 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 343.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.34° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.