The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1928
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
6:13 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 171.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.61° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.49° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.