The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 2024
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
12:34 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.65° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.56° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.