The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
3:10 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.6° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -26.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.67° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.94° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| 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.