The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2191
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
5:09 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3324
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.34° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.