The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2539
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 355.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.44° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.52° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| 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.