The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1974
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
3:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 637
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 | 282.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.07° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.12° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.50° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.