The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 960
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.05° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.8° |
| 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.