The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1934
New Moon
0.3% 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
5:25 AM
7:11 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 139
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.47° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.79° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.