The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1987
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
11:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 799
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 | 237.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.90° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.99° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.