The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2048
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
11:58 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1556
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.90° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.34° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.