The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
12:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.64° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.80° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| 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.