The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
11:40 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.09° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.65° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.