The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 2029
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
10:12 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1319
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.42° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.48° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.