The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 13, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
2:31 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3074
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.13° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.34° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.