The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Waxing Crescent
5.0% 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
8:25 AM
10:16 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.82° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.16° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| 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.