The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 1972
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
10:51 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.64° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.32° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| 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.