The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1968
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
6:05 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 187.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 330.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.92° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.70° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.