The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
1:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 83.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.06° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.43° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.