The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 1941
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 230
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 | 254.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.19° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.20° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| 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.