The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 2045
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
9:31 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1517
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.57° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.58° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.