The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
10:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.19° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.