The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1960
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
3:12 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 280.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.54° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.35° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.