The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
12:13 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1257
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 | 101.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.12° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.76° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.