The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 2002
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.31° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.29° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.