The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
2:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1863
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.06° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.98° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.