The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
4:29 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 21.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.99° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.85° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.