The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1988
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
8:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 31.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.63° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.64° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.