The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% 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
6:27 PM
3:30 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2939
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 35.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.61° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.75° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| 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.