The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
12:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 787
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.31° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.16° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.