The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 1960
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
7:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 204.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.67° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.30° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.