The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 1944
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
5:48 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.70° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.54° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.