The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 170.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.08° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.56° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.5° |
| 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.