The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1953
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
9:19 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 63.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 123.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.71° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.63° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.