The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
12:50 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.83° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.56° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| 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.