The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2003
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
9:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.56° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.00° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.