The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 13, 1987
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.84° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.35° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.