The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 2060
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
12:33 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1704
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.37° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.47° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.