The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 1904
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.44° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.70° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.