The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2011
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:11 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.11° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.52° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.