The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
11:33 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 75.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.20° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.93° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.