The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2031
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
5:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.15° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.52° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.