The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 150.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.05° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.53° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.