The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 13, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
1:35 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 823
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 | 119.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.51° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.13° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.