The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1987
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
2:33 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 801
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 | 258.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.83° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.32° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.