The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 2154
Waxing Crescent
29.1% 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
12:19 PM
11:10 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2865
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.09° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.65° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.