The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 2109
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
7:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2307
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.89° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.99° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| 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.