The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
1:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 128.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.42° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.03° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.