The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
4:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.96° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.55° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.