The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 163.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 356.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.06° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.