The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 13, 1998
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
2:54 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.54° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.78° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.