The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 13, 2056
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
10:40 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 63.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.11° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.96° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.