The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 2025
Last Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.41° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.91° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.