The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 168.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.71° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.89° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.