The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
4:37 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 146.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.45° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.45° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.