The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 2124
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
11:01 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2494
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.97° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.56° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.