The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 2169
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3050
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.80° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.22° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.