The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
2:01 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 131.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.14° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.13° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| 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.