The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 14, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
2:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3038
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.88° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.14° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.