The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 13, 1973
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
10:37 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.81° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.07° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.