The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1908
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
7:11 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 201.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.97° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.74° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| 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.