The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 1943
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
7:30 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 257
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 329.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.89° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 147.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.