The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1974
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
5:36 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.03° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.71° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.