The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
4:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 331.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.99° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.90° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.