The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
12:06 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1492
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.38° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.18° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.