The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1994
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.02° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.00° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.