The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
5:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 169.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.19° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.