The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1900
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:15 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.68° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.52° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.