The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2059
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
11:11 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.46° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.45° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.