The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 2007
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
9:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.92° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.46° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.