The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
3:58 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 117.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.18° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.96° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.