The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 2020
Waning Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
5:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 303.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.95° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.53° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.