The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 13, 1987
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
9:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 215.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.55° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.22° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.