The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1996
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
7:57 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 352.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.09° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.30° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.