The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 1958
Waxing Crescent
1.0% 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
8:31 AM
7:37 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 443
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.15° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.94° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.