The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1930
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:32 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 94
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.37° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.02° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.