The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1991
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.42° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.75° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.