The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2143
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
9:56 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.27° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.34° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.