The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 2010
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.63° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.29° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.