The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% 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
4:50 PM
5:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1228
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 | 140.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.97° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.56° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.