The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1956
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
10:23 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 33.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.35° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.27° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.