The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2091
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
7:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2088
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 139.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.37° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.70° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.