The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 13, 2044
Waning Gibbous
78.4% 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
10:37 PM
11:29 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1504
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 | 235.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.07° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.41° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.