The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
12:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 317
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.90° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.