The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 13, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2304
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.12° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.32° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.