The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2166
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3013
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.19° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.