The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
3:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.51° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.15° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.