The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
5:05 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.47° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.33° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.