The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1928
Last Quarter
46.4% 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
2:20 AM
11:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.82° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.47° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.72° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.