The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1966
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
6:51 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 320.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.31° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.