The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 2131
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2580
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.23° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.62° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| 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.