The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1908
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
8:27 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.01° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.92° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.