The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 13, 2018
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
9:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.04° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.83° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.