The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 13, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:16 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 111.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.50° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.92° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.