The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 2001
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:47 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.87° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.17° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.