The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2059
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
11:34 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.41° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.22° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.