The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1931
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
8:51 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 106
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.36° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.47° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 167.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.