The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 1916
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
5:45 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 337.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.49° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.