The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 1911
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:06 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -141
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.53° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.