The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 167.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.44° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.51° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.