The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 13, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
4:38 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 857
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.11° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.59° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.