The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
12:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1121
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.75° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.77° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.