The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 1993
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:33 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 869
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.00° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.78° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.