The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1974
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
5:07 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 302.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.95° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.33° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.