The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1918
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
11:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 75.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.72° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.97° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.