The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
12:42 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 105.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.12° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.55° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.