The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 14, 2123
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2481
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.40° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.25° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.