The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:40 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1826
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 | 99.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.50° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.80° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.