The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1949
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
12:15 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 244.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.41° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.80° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.