The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1983
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 79.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.80° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.80° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.21° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.