The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2068
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
10:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 216.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.21° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.88° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.