The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
4:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 157.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.7° / 354.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.04° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.98° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.