The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
1:42 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 418
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 | 110.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.81° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.08° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| 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.