The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1996
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
8:48 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.92° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.32° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.