The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2023
Waning Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
7:29 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.8° / 201.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.73° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.18° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.