The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1983
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
11:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.30° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.53° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.43° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.