The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 2010
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
10:50 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 63.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.04° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.06° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.