The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1917
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
10:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -23.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.53° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.30° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.