The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:01 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 960
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.10° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.94° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.