The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
4:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 160.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.8° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.00° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.55° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.