The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2178
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3164
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.51° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.40° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.