The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1901
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
6:50 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 180.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.29° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.01° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| 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.