The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 169.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.73° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.70° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.