The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
3:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 139.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.42° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.58° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.