The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
12:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 181
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.55° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.95° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.