The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
2:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 125.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.71° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.95° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.