The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% 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
4:28 PM
12:37 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 109.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.54° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.35° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.