The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1991
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 47.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.11° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.09° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.