The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
2:42 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 126.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.65° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.45° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.