The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1906
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
4:24 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.32° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.66° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.