The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1905
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
6:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.67° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.