The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
1:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.21° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.64° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.