The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2017
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.07° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.23° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.