The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 14, 2082
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:40 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1974
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.36° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.98° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.