The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1991
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
10:21 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.08° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.95° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.