The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 13, 1942
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
6:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.61° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.