The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 13, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 160.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.92° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.96° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.