The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
7:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.75° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.05° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.