The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2007
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
7:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.68° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.04° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.