The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
4:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.04° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.26° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.