The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 2055
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 259.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.41° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.81° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.