The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1996
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
7:21 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 337.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.44° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.