The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
4:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1330
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.0° / 350.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.64° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.74° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.