The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 13, 2040
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
11:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.77° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.