The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 2151
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
9:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2830
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.86° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.54° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.