The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 2017
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
3:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 284.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.38° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.56° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.