The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1972
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / 0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.98° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.39° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.