The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1920
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
8:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -29
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.51° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.45° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.