The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
5:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 171.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.50° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.