The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 13, 1979
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
10:42 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 233.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.83° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.82° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| 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.