The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
3:11 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 136.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.78° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.75° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.