The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
6:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 354.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.86° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.