The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1945
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
10:53 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 82.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.00° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.98° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.