The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:21 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3139
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.03° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.57° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.