The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 13, 1961
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.69° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.75° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.