The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 13, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
3:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 101.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.34° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.80° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.