The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 2066
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1772
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.37° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.79° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| 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.