The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1999
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
10:35 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.40° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.52° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.