The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 1947
Waning Crescent
0.5% 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
5:47 AM
5:57 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 306
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 180.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.50° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.09° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.