The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1998
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.33° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.41° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.