The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 2006
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
12:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 251.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.54° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.99° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| 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.