The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 13, 1987
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
6:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:21 PM, is deepest at 10:18 PM and ends at 12:16 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.68° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| 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.