The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
1:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 217
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 | 108.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.24° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.94° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.