The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 159.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.1° / 348.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.21° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.36° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.