The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2064
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
9:26 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1752
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.06° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.78° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.