The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
12:22 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.13° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.35° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.