The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 1922
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.54° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.62° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.