The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 13, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
4:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 625
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 | 160.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.0° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.10° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.92° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.