The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
4:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 725
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 | 155.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.30° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.72° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| 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.