The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1985
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
6:51 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 776
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 | 352.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 160.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.91° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.19° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.