The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1957
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
7:58 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 199.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.26° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.25° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.