The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2006
Waning Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
11:42 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 238.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.27° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.79° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.