The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 154.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 4.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.43° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.34° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| 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.