The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2188
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3285
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 262.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.39° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.03° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.