The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
5:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 725
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 | 167.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.20° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.