The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1904
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:13 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -227
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 | 58.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.40° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.37° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.