The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1903
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:40 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 251.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.22° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.34° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.