The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1927
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
8:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 57
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 | 200.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -11.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.96° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.04° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.