The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 13, 2010
First Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 30m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.37° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.89° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.