The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
11:31 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 236.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.35° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.59° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.