The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1955
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
5:34 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.85° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.90° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.