The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 13, 2009
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1067
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 | 227.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.25° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.57° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.