The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1901
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
5:58 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -266
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.38° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.17° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.