The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 13, 2025
Waning Gibbous
99.6% 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
9:08 PM
6:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.03° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.