The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 13, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
3:30 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 140.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.17° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.50° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.