The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 1945
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
11:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 64.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.85° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.81° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.