The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 2002
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
11:43 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.79° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.47° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.