The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 1992
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
7:53 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 861
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 | 193.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.52° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.82° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.