The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 1985
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
12:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.64° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.93° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.