The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1924
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
6:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:31 PM, is deepest at 4:20 PM and ends at 6:08 PM. Totality lasts from 3:30 PM to 5:09 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.18° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.