The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
12:39 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.18° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.44° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| 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.