The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2153
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
5:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2854
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.49° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.68° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.