The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.86° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.