The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
2:55 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 110.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.23° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.26° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.