The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 2006
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.07° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.12° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.