The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 13, 2048
Waxing Crescent
16.2% 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
10:49 AM
10:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1554
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.75° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.68° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| 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.