The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1980
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
10:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 43.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.19° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.10° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.