The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1912
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
7:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.83° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.13° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.