The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 13, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 894
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 1.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.63° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.77° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.