The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 13, 2017
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
10:31 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.76° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.43° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.