The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1953
Waxing Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
10:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 379
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.37° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.49° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.