The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1953
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:24 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 54.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 109.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.22° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.25° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.