The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
7:29 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 7.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.20° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.72° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.