The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 1982
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.78° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.89° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.