The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
3:12 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 146.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.3° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.07° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.75° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.