The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 2088
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
6:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2048
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.26° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.19° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.