The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1923
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
8:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 10
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 | 48.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.94° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.88° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.