The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1964
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.92° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.09° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.69° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.