The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.95° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.95° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.