The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 1926
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:19 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 55.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -1.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.71° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.63° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.