The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1976
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.82° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.02° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.