The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 13, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
3:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 148.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 25.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.90° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.73° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.