The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
1:38 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1962
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 | 126.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.61° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.39° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.