The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 2014
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
12:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 245.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.07° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.50° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.