The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2014
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:25 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.02° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.58° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.