The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 1939
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
7:12 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 338.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 176.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.64° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.86° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.