The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2050
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
5:42 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.43° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.72° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.