The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:57 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2533
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.40° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.61° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| 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.