The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:49 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 128.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.74° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.25° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.