The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1949
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
1:06 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 28.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.70° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.42° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.