The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 13, 2182
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:22 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3213
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.55° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.18° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.