The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2144
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
9:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2743
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.66° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.75° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| 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.