The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 1976
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
10:21 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 222.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.79° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| 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.