The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
2:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 132.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.27° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.94° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.