The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1963
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 498
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 | 231.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.08° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.10° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.