The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 1990
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.08° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.79° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.