The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 1954
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
8:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 201.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.08° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.81° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.