The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2057
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
8:31 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.21° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.