The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2158
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
10:32 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2914
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.62° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| 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.