The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 1917
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
5:05 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -67
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.78° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.66° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.