The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 13, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
3:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 131.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.67° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.31° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.