The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2939
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 6.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.50° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.56° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.