The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2090
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
9:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2073
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.35° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.17° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.