The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
3:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 134.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.85° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.88° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.