The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.40° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.84° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.