The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 13, 2036
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
8:56 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1401
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.06° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.78° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.