The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1979
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
1:55 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 293.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.18° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.90° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.