The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1938
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:04 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 219.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.42° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.