The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 13, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
2:57 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3174
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.37° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.16° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.