The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 1950
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
7:01 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 29.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.60° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.75° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.