The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
12:14 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 651
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 | 97.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.34° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.56° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.58° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.