The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1909
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
7:13 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -166
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 | 345.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.53° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.58° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.