The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2002
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
11:41 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 66.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.60° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.63° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.