The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2078
Waxing Crescent
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
11:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1927
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.95° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.27° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.