The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
1:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 115.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.54° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.94° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.