The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2159
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
7:56 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.81° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.