The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 133.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.22° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.95° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.