The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 2044
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
12:38 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1504
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.30° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.61° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| 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.