The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 13, 1956
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 75.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.34° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.19° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.