The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 13, 1961
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
9:32 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 477
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 | 9.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.53° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.01° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.