The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Waning Crescent
25.0% 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
2:21 AM
4:20 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.66° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.