The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
4:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.23° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.43° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.