The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 2048
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
10:41 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1554
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 | 59.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.26° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.45° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.