The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 13, 2056
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
9:50 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.75° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.20° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.