The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1926
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
11:45 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 66.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.82° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.40° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.