The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 13, 2026
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
8:52 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1280
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.4° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.86° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.50° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.