The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
1:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1121
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.08° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.57° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| 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.