The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2001
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.78° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.85° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.