The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 13, 2014
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
7:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1132
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.18° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| 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.