The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
1:47 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1157
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.45° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.94° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.