The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1957
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
12:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.31° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.30° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.