The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 13, 2108
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
10:24 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2292
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.61° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.93° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.