The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 2007
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
3:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 306.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 210.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.21° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.14° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.