The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
3:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 141.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.43° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.97° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.