The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2131
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2582
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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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.01° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.