The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 2080
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
8:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1949
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.0° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.18° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.87° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.