The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1906
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
3:51 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.52° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.54° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.