The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 2011
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
7:35 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 190.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.60° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.