The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2018
Waxing Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 55.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.98° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.