The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
12:45 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.90° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.33° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.