The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
2:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.41° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.37° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.