The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 2029
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
8:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1314
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.44° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.