The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 1999
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
10:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 27.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.33° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.76° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.