The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1974
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
11:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 259.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.96° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.97° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.