The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1222
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 | 96.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.26° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.50° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.