The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2040
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.95° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.70° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| 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.