The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2236
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 | 151.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 13.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / 0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.89° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.81° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.