The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2074
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
3:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.99° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.76° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.