The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1976
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
11:18 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 233.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.63° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.98° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.