The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 2021
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
11:31 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 64.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.33° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.82° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.