The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1945
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.72° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.58° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.