The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 13, 2062
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
12:09 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1723
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.21° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.68° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.