The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 13, 2017
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:32 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 206.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.81° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.99° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.