The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1940
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 66.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.51° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.93° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.