The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1990
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:31 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 322.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 214.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.78° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.37° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.