The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 1988
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
5:04 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.53° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.56° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.