The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
3:08 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.20° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.53° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.