The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1900
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
12:17 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.43° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.56° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.