The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2185
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
7:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3247
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.85° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.03° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| 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.