The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 1939
New Moon
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
7:56 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.85° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.10° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.