The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
5:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 163.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.66° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.15° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.