The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 2012
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
12:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.79° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.59° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.