The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1917
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
4:29 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 333.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 211.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / -1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.01° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.00° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.