The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 13, 2118
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
6:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 2419
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.36° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.74° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.