The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 22, 2013
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
6:16 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 315.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.66° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 327.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.